Volume 8, Book 73, Number 240:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Two men sneezed before the Prophet. The Prophet said to one of them, “May Allah bestow His
Mercy on you,” but he did not say that to the other. On being asked (why), the Prophet said, “That one
praised Allah (at the time of sneezing), while the other did not praise Allah.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 241:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The Prophet ordered us to do seven (things) and forbade us from seven (other things): He ordered
us to pay a visit to the sick, to follow funeral possessions, to say: May Allah be merciful to you to a
sneezer, – if he says: Praise be to Allah, to accept invitation (invitation to a wedding banquet), to re –
turn greetings, to help the oppressed, and to help others to fulfill their oaths (provided it was not sin –
ful). And he forbade us from seven (things): to wear golden rings or golden bangles, to wear silk
(cloth), Dibaj, Sundus and Mayathir.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 242:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah likes sneezing and dislikes yawning, so if someone sneezes and then
praises Allah, then it is obligatory on every Muslim who heard him, to say: May Allah be merciful to
you (Yar-hamuka-l-lah). But as regards yawning, it is from Satan, so one must try one’s best to stop
it, if one says ‘Ha’ when yawning, Satan will laugh at him.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 233:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
That he heard Allah’s Apostle saying. “Then there was a pause in the revelation of the Divine In –
spiration to me. Then while I was walking all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky, and I raised
my sight towards the sky and saw the same angel who had visited me in the cave of Hira,’ sitting on a
chair between the sky and the earth.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 234:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
Once I stayed overnight at the house of Maimuna and the Prophet was there with her. When it
was the last third of the night, or some part of the night, the Prophet got up looking towards the sky
and recited: ‘Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of Night and
Day, there are indeed signs for men of u understanding.’ (3.190)
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 223:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
The most beloved names to ‘Ali was Abu Turab, and he used to be pleased when we called him by
it, for none named him Abu Turab (for the first time), but the Prophet. Once ‘Ali got angry with (his
wife) Fatima, and went out (of his house) and slept near a wall in the mosque. The Prophet came
searching for him, and someone said, “He is there, Lying near the wall.” The Prophet came to him
while his (‘Ali’s) back was covered with dust. The Prophet started removing the dust from his back,
saying, “Get up, O Abu Turab!”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 224:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The most awful name in Allah’s sight on the Day of Resurrection, will be (that
of) a man calling himself Malik Al-Amlak (the king of kings).”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 225:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “The most awful (meanest) name in Allah’s sight.” Sufyan said more than once,
“The most awful (meanest) name in Allah’s sight is (that of) a man calling himself king of kings.”
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Sufyan said, “Somebody else (i.e. other than Abu Az-Zinad, a sub-narrator) says: What is meant by
‘The king of kings’ is ‘Shahan Shah.,”